((((((Ellie))))))

Another hug. Stash it for later if you don't need it right now.

When S13 was an infant, I was talking at work about how I would go sleep on the floor next to his crib if I heard noises on the baby monitor. (I did the same with the next two kids, too.) I said that I knew it was nutty to be so worried that "he'll stop breathing" or some such, but once the monitor woke me I could never get back to sleep in our bed anyway, lying there listening to his breathing on the monitor.

I said I could hardly wait until he was older and I wouldn't have to worry so much. A woman who worked in the office said, "Joe, I'm a grandmother. My kids are almost as old as you. You never stop worrying about them."

So when the next two and a half years are gone, you'll have something else to worry about! Now that I've cheered you up with that , consider that all of us parents are in the same boat!

Thanks,

Joe

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